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  Lhasa preserves tales of two 20th century scholars - Indian and Tibetan

  World | Jul 09, 2015, 09:00 AM IST

  Lhasa: Even eight decades later, one of the most widely-travelled Indian writers, Rahul Sankrityayan, is close to the heart of the Chinese people.His memory is preserved in a memorial to renowned Tibetan scholar, poet and

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  Tibetans celebrate bathing festival

  World | Sep 13, 2014, 11:26 AM IST

  Lhasa: Tibetans on Saturday celebrated their annual bathing festival by taking a bath in the Lhasa river.The particpants, both young and old, joined in the festivities despite the early autumn chill on the Tibetan plateau,